broody silkie with broiler chicks (pic)

I just bought a half dozen broiler chicks from the local farm store... they always have a huge variety of chicks, duckling, goslings, turkey and pheasant chicks on hand. It is a great place in Anoka, MN for anyone in this area.

I thought maybe one of my broody silkies might take to these babies. Sure enough... as soon as I put her in with them she started tucking them all under her wings! Cute!

A good brooding silkie will mother anything. Had a woodpecker fall from a nest and placed it under a silkie hen, she raised it like it was her own. Even after it was able to fly off, it would come back to visit it's step- mom.